{"id":52638,"date":"2025-07-28T15:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T07:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/as\/?p=52638"},"modified":"2025-07-29T12:33:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T04:33:34","slug":"paris-and-annecy-international-animation-festival-study-tour-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/as\/news-events\/paris-and-annecy-international-animation-festival-study-tour-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris and Annecy International Animation Festival Study Tour in France"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"52638\" class=\"elementor elementor-52638\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-827bedd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"827bedd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9e2b42\" data-id=\"a9e2b42\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68534e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68534e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mr. Walter Wong, Mr. Vincent Mak, and Mr. Ray Ip led students from the Animation and Visual Effects Programme in the Department of Creative Arts on an 8-day study tour to Paris and the Annecy Animation Festival in France, from 11 to 18 June 2025. 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